Saturday, January 14, 2012

Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heaven...
Solomon describes in chapter 3 the cycles of life: sowing & reaping;
weeping & laughing, mourning & dancing; gaining & losing;
silence & speaking; loving & hating.....so how do we handle
these cycles? Do we only respond well or with gratitude when they are
the ones that we want? Or do we trust God in ALL of them?

God is in control of all that happens to us, good and bad. So what is
our response to Him in everything? I think we have a tendency to love
God when it is all good but then angry or hate God when things are bad.
Like our children do when they don't get their way or have to do
something they don't care to do. One moment our kids are thrilled with
us because we are taking them to the mall but the next moment they are
hating us for asking them to clean their room.

I have learned so much about my relationship with God from watching my
children respond to me as their mother and I know where they get it
from.....their father! HA, I wish.....no I have to take responsibility
here; unfortunately, they follow my example!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32

Just recently someone asked me what I thought they should do about their circumstance. It involved another individual and I really did not know the answer. I explained to them that right now there was no clear direction to the situation but for the moment I had some advice. First of all, pray that God would reveal the right answer and second of all while waiting for the answer, be KIND!

Kindness is always the right thing to do in any circumstance. I believe it has the power to heal.